Environmental Nightmare!

Thanks to The Tim Traveller who brings us the largest open cut brown coal mine in the world. The coal is of poor quality with litlle calorific value and definitely carbon unfriendly. The mine is located in Hambach in Germany, and although it is recognised that this mine environmentally unsustainable, the government uses the coal to replace nuclear power stations shut down by environmentalists. I guess the greenies can’t have it both ways! The mine is 5km accross at its widest point!

This Is Me

George Brown is a decorated soldier and health professional and 40 year veteran in the field of emergency nursing and paramedical practice, both military and civilian areas. He has senior management positions in the delivery of paramedical services. Opinions expressed in these columns are solely those of the author and should not be construed as being those of any organization to which he may be connected.

He was born in the UK of Scottish ancestry from Aberdeen and a member of the Clan MacDougall. He is a member of the Macedonian community in Newcastle, and speaks fluent Macedonian. While this may seem a contradiction, it is his wife who is Macedonian, and as a result he embraced the Macedonian language and the Orthodox faith.

His interests include aviation and digital photography, and he always enjoys the opportunity to combine the two. Navigate to his Flickr site to see recent additions to his photo library.